672 - Saturday, 25th May 1991, 3:00pm

672 - 25th May 1991, 3:00pm

  • GoalAssist: Stuart Pearce. "Lineker had put England ahead after 15 minutes, running in late to meet a prodigious free-kick from Pearce and glancing the ball past Goycochea." Gary Lineker40th of 48 goals. Header from 10 yards., 15' 14:13
  • GoalAssist: Stuart Pearce. A chipped cross from Pearce from the left finds an unmarked Platt driving in from the centre. He leaps and nods the ball past Goycochea's left hand into the bottom left of the net. "England's second goal, which was Platt's third in two matches, was another of his impressive headers, after [a] centre from Pearce..."David Platt7th of 27 goals. Header from 11 yards., 52' 51:24
  • 1David SeamanArsenal, 7th of 75 caps
    27 years, 8 months, 6 days
    Goalkeeper
  • 2Lee DixonArsenal, 8th of 22 caps
    27 years, 2 months, 8 days
    Right Back
  • 3Stuart PearceNotts Forest, 37th of 78 caps
    29 years, 1 month, 1 day
    Left Back
  • 4David BattyLeeds, 2nd of 42 caps
    22 years, 5 months, 23 days
    Defensive Midfielder
  • 5Des WalkerNotts Forest, 32nd of 59 caps
    25 years, 5 months, 29 days
    Centre Back
  • 6Mark WrightDerby, 37th of 45 caps
    27 years, 9 months, 24 days
    Centre Back
  • 7David PlattAston Villa, 18th of 62 caps
    24 years, 11 month, 15 days
    Midfielder
  • 8Geoff ThomasPalace, 3rd of 9 caps
    26 years, 9 months, 20 days
    Midfielder
  • 9Alan SmithArsenal, 7th of 13 caps
    28 years, 6 months, 4 days
    Centre Forward
  • 10Gary LinekerSpurs, 65th of 80 caps
    30 years, 5 months, 25 days
    Centre Forward
    (c)5th captaincy
  • 11John BarnesLiverpool, 65th of 79 caps
    27 years, 6 months, 18 days
    Attacking Midfielder
    Off 64'63:07
  • 16Nigel CloughNotts Forest, 2nd of 14 caps
    25 years, 2 months, 6 days
    Attacking Midfielder
    On 64'63:07
  • Goal"...Mohammed, an influential substitute, swung in a corner from the left in towards the near post and Garcia, who should have been picked up by Wright, was unmarked as he headed past Seaman from five yards."Claudio GarcĂ­a, 66' 65:44
  • Goal"Mohammed's next corner, from the right this time, was a long out-swinger and Franco's header, which found the top near corner of the net from just inside the 18-yard line..."DarĂ­o Franco, 72' 71:19
  • 1Sergio GoycocheaSergio Javier Goycochea.
    Born 17th Oct 1963, Zarate.
  • 2Sergio VázquezSergio Fabián Vázquez.
    Born 23rd Nov 1965, Bueons Aires.
  • 3Carlos EnriqueCarlos Alberto Enrique.
    Born 12th Dec 1963, Adrogue.
  • 4Fabián BasualdoFabián Basualdo.
    Born 26th Feb 1964, Rosario.
  • 5Fernando GamboaFernando AndrĂ©s Gamboa.
    Born 28th Oct 1970, Marcos Juarez.
  • 6Oscar RuggeriOscar Alfredo Ruggeri.
    Born 26th Jan 1962, Cordoba.
    (c)
  • 7Claudio GarcĂ­aClaudio GarcĂ­a.
    Born 24th Aug 1963, Buenos Aires.
    Card 90'89:16 Awful hack at Dixon, which wasn't the first of the match for either side. If the referee had gone to his cards earlier the match maybe wouldn't have descended into the kicking contest for the last fifteen minutes.
  • 8DarĂ­o FrancoDarĂ­o Javier Franco Gatti.
    Born 17th Jan 1969, Cruz Alta.
  • 9Diego SimeoneDiego Pablo Simeone.
    Born 28th Apr 1970, Buenos Aires.
  • 10Germán MartellottoGermán Ricardo Martellotto Rolfo.
    Born 6th Nov 1962, Cordoba.
    Off 60'59:36
  • 11Ariel BoldriniAriel Eduardo Boldrini.
    Born 28th Jul 1965.
  • 17Antonio MohamedRicardo Antonio Mohamed Matijevich.
    Born 2nd Apr 1970, Buenos Aires.
    On 60'59:36

England Starting Formation

    4-1-2-1-2 Barnes had a roaming role in attacking midfield.

Notes

  • Tournament InfoEngland win the Challenge Cup. The other match ended Argentina 1 USSR 1.
  • Streaker causes havocA pitch invader entered the field in the 83rd minute, which in itself did little but, the subsequent drop ball on the resumption was very contentious. The referee stopped play with the ball on the edge of the Argentine area which the visitors took exception to, jostling the referee, with captain Ruggeri at the fore. At one point he snatched the ball and placed it down as if he were suggesting it was a free kick for his side. Shades of Rattin 25 years before! The Yugoslavian referee refused to get any cards out of his pocket and got play underway without any further incident.

Sources

  • Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
  • YouTube
  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
  • soccernostalgia.blogspot.co.uk
  • The Guardian "Too much spit, not enough polish", Monday 27th May 1991, page 17.
  • Daily Telegraph "Barnes finds new life in roaming role", Monday 27th May 1991, page 26.

Managers

Referee

  • Yugolsav FlagYugoslavia Zoran Petrović

Attendance

  • 44,497

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • English FlagNo change in rank, losing -8 ranking points to 1994 points England - 3rd
  • Argentine Flag Argentina - 11th

England Challenge Cup

  P W D L GD Pts
  • English Flag England 2 1 1 0 +2 3
  • Argentine Flag Argentina 2 0 2 0 0 2
  • Soviet Flag USSR 2 0 1 1 -2 1